In the Harry Potter Without Harry Potter

Chapter 114: Good Fortune doesn't come from nothing

Hanton looked at Jon incredulously from the secret passage.

"You're going to stay with Hermione?"

"Trust me, no one is going to stay behind today." Jon stared into Hanton's eyes, "Remember, take these kids and don't stop, keep going, go to the end where there is a flap door, open that flap door, and then you don't have to do anything, someone will help you get everything done!"

After he finished the last sentence, he knocked on the statue with his wand, and the next moment the entrance to the secret passage was completely closed.

And just as Jon re-cloaked the invisibility cloak on his body and walked down from the third floor to the ground floor, those pureblood and half-blood students also finished their classes.

The originally quiet corridor became lively, and the teenagers all rushed out of the classroom and ran downstairs gleefully.

No matter what the occasion, eating is always the most delightful.

However, just as they were laughing and talking in groups and walking down the ground floor, all of them saw a girl hanging in front of the entrance hall.

Her hands were tied, her feet were hanging in the air, her body was swaying helplessly in mid-air, her mouth was sealed with a spell by Dolohov, and she could not make any sound.

All the students who saw her froze, but soon these pureblood and half-blood students reacted.

Look at the linen robe Hermione is wearing, they all became aware of her identity.

Although these mudblood students will rarely run into them, they are still living in this castle, so they have seen a few of these "alternative" students, plus with what happened last semester, they also know that if these students make a mistake, what kind of punishment they will receive.

The purebloods were the first to react, they looked at the girl who had been hung up for public display, commenting that a mudblood is a mudblood, while walking proudly into the great hall.

Some of the half-blood students, like those people, whispered and laughed, said taunting things, and passed by the girl.

Most of the younger half-bloods kept their heads down, couldn't bear to look at the girl's miserable state, and left in a hurry.

Among them a tall, handsome boy frowned, as if he thought it is terrible to hang such a small child, and pulled out his wand to save her, but was dragged into the great hall by the students around him, telling him not to meddle.

All these people's behaviour fell in Hermione's eyes.

She did not cry, nor shed tears, at this point, she instead calmed down and looked at the people below while hanging and thinking, after today her classmates who had been rescued can certainly live such a life.

No need to do dirty work every day, no need to go through the slavery education, and no need to experience such a degrading gaze.

They will bask in the sunshine and become free human beings, with their own belongings, knowledge and opinions.

This "prison" can no longer be a cage to bind them, just like the colourful birds showing their beauty under the blue sky and white clouds they will become free.

As for her?

Good fortune doesn't come from anything, someone has to be sacrificed, no?

Since she firmly believes that no one in this world is nobler than anyone else, and no one is more special than anyone else, why can't this sacrifice be her?

Hermione smiled, her smile is not bitter, nor stiff, but a smile from the heart.

Some students who passed by saw the smile on her face, and they muttered in whispers whether this mudblood had gone insane.

Dolohov came down with the whip, he looked at Hermione with a carnal grin, in fact, at the beginning when he hung this mudblood, he had already determined that she has gone crazy.

But in the wizarding world, insanity can be cured most easily.

He already decided to wait until after lunch, then he will go to the Ministry of Magic, and bring over the employee who is proficient in Memory Charm, to change the memory of this lunatic.

No matter how crazy a person is, in front of absolute magic she will also become submissive, and after today, she will become the most obedient slave.

Dolohov brought out a stool from the great hall, then conjured up a table in front of himself and started his lunch right in the entrance hall.

He was not anxious to whip this girl immediately, an hour ago, the two administrators of this castle, Snape and Barty Jr. both left in a hurry, for the time being, it is unknown what is happening outside, but since these two people left, he can be a little more unrestrained.

The students are all eating, so he is going to wait until the end of lunch to show his skills and majesty in front of the rest of the students in the school!

Jon, cloaked in the cloak of invisibility, is standing in a corner less than five meters from Dolohov.

He is holding a Marauder's Map in his hand, watching the movement of Hanton and the others who are escaping from the castle. He wants to pinpoint a good timing to make a surprise attack, waiting for these kids to leave the school boundary.

In this way, it will not interfere with the escape progress on their side, and he also will be able to rescue Hermione using the surprise brought by the muggle students leaving the school boundaries.

As he had said to Hanton at the beginning, Jon had never wanted to leave anyone in the castle as he had originally intended.

He hated to sacrifice someone for the sake of accomplishing certain purposes, and perhaps some things are necessary and righteous for the sake of the greater good, but he just felt disgusted to sacrifice Hermione for the sake of accomplishing this task.

This disgust does not need a reason, and to remove this disgust he didn't also need a reason.

Looking at the map as Hanton and the others approached the edge of the map, he estimated that after three minutes at most, they would be completely out of Hogwarts' boundaries, and Jon also put away the Marauder's Map.

He pulled out Fawkes' feather from his pocket, held his wand in his other hand, and stared at the back of Dolohov who was slowly enjoying his steak, as he silently adjusted his condition.

It is easy to solve Dolohov who is defenceless, but he is not the only faculty member at the entrance of the great hall today.

People were coming and going in all directions, students were taking their meals back to their dorm rooms, and there are also several professors who are standing in front of the stairway and chatting, but Jon himself didn't just have this feather and wand in his hand, he also gained a certain level of confidence that he normally doesn't have from this castle.

Saving a group of people might be a hassle, but if it's just one person, Jon doesn't think he won't be able to do it.

A silent count reached in his mind, and just at this moment, a sharp whistling sound rang out throughout Hogwarts castle!

It is an alarm signal to indicate that a mudblood student has escaped from the school.

Dolohov went pale, he panicked and stood up from the seat, and just as he stood up, Jon had already extended the hand holding his wand out of the invisibility cloak.

"Petrificus Totalus!"

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[Author:]

Don't scold me, don't scold me, I didn't intend to end it on a cliff, I just happened to write this right before the chapter update time, so I was forced to post it first.

I will continue to write, and try to update a chapter tomorrow morning, and the remaining two chapters are estimated to be updated a little later tomorrow, after all, I got to go to work on Monday.

I also believe that Hermione's inner monologue at the end of the chapter I wrote is quite good (smug face).

I'm sure I can't do such a noble feat personally, but I believe and respect that there are definitely people in this world who are that noble, they may not be saints, but just like the line in Shawshank Redemption, 'Strong people stand up for themselves, but stronger people stand up for others.', this kind of nobleness is great, isn't it?

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